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Hilo Ukulele

There have been a few ukuleles using the name 'Hilo' over the years. The most common one now is based on the island of Hilo, Hawaii (although the ukuleles themselves are made in China). All the advertising I've seen for them say the company was founded in 1926. But for a company that old, there's not much information on them around.

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2 Comments

  1. Jeff Ritterpusch November 20th, 2009 10:45 pm

    I have one of these:
    http://www.retrofret.com/products.asp?ProductID=4011&CartID=8852851062009

    It plays and projects very well although you can tell it was cheaply made and mass produced. It is vintage and made in Hawaii though.

    Here’s some info on an older one that I found while surfing for info on Hilo Ukuleles. This guy made a good find:

    http://nashukes.blogspot.com/2009/04/wish-you-were-here-rockfish-stu.html

  2. Woodshed November 21st, 2009 7:16 am

    Jeff: Thanks very much for the info.

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